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Catherine Winkworth

Catherine Winkworth was born in 1827 in England. She became a proponent of
higher education for women. She translated German biographies of two women who founded sisterhoods for the poor and sick.

Winkworth was a prolific translator of German hymns She became interested in
translating these hymns when Chevelier Bunsen, the German ambassador to England
presented her with a copy of Andachtsbuch. This devotional book showed her the treasures in German hymnody. She published two series of Lyra Germanica, in 1855 and 1858. The first had 103 translations from Bunsen's Versuch eines allgemeinen Gesang und Gebetbuchs (1833). The second had 121 more translations from the same book. She also published the Chorale Book for England (1863), which contained some earlier translations with their proper chorale tunes, and Christian Singers of Germany, (1869) biographies of German hymn writers.

Page numbers in Trinity Hymnal (1990) and The Worshiping Church (1990)